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Addressing and pointing are fundamental concepts in computing and networking that refer to the methods used to identify and locate resources within a system or across networks. Addressing involves assigning unique identifiers to devices, processes, or data locations, enabling them to be accessed or communicated with. These identifiers can take various forms, such as IP addresses in networking, memory addresses in hardware, or symbolic names in software.
In networking, addressing typically involves assigning an IP address (e.g., IPv4 or IPv6) to a device, which
Pointing, on the other hand, refers to the process of directing traffic or requests to a specific
Addressing and pointing are closely related in distributed systems, where devices must both identify themselves (addressing)